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Shanghai: Shanghai parents who lose their only child will now receive preferential healthcare and free emergency assistance, the government said yesterday. (2 March)\r\nThey can also call in domestic help and have medicine delivered 24 hours a day. Families who lose their child will also get free accident insurance. In China, parents normally rely on children to look after them in their old age.

The Tongzhou authorities announced Friday (5 May) that they will build 15 first-aid stations in the district by the end of 2017 to deal with the shortage of emergency services in the Beijing suburb, which is being turned into an administrative center for the capital.At present, there are only 3 first-aid stations and 20 ambulances in Tongzhou. There are 110 medical workers in these stations.

China: Macao Unveils New Civil Emergency Response Center

Macao: A newly-commissioned emergency response center in Macao will enhance the authorities\' capability of comprehensive alert and crisis response, the special administrative region (SAR)\'s chief executive said after Macao unveiled its new civil emergency response center on 23 May.\r\nMacao SAR Chief Executive Chui Sai On visited the center after presiding over the inauguration ceremony. It is very important to keep people calm when facing emergencies, which are one of the main purposes for setting up this new center with effective information distribution channel, he said.

Zhengzhou: China\'s first stroke ambulance, equipped with a CT scan, has been delivered in the central Henan Province. Henan Provincial People\'s Hospital said Tuesday (23 May) it has acquired a Mobile Stroke Unit. The van was assembled by a Beijing-based company specialising in medical vehicle trade and refitting.\r\n\"The ambulance allows stroke patients to have their brains scanned and blood samples analysed before they are sent to hospital,\" said Li Tianxiao, director of the hospital\'s intervention therapy center.

China: City to Have First Air Ambulance Hospital

Shanghai: Shanghai plans to establish a medical helicopter first aid team and management system within three years to improve emergency rescue efficiency. Ruijin Hospital will construct the city’s first Air Ambulance Center Base Hospital.\r\nIt will be tasked with building professional air ambulance service teams, formulating transfer standards and a whole set of transfer mechanism through cooperation with local health authorities, the medical emergency center and other government departments.